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MEETING AT HEREFORD, 



Friday, Oct. 1st, 1869. 



THE FORAY AMONGST THE FUNGUSES. 



"The turf 

 Smells fres,h, and rich In odoriferous herbs 

 A nd fungous fruits of earth, regales the seme 

 With luxury of unexpected sv/eets."—Cowper. 



The last meeting of the Woolhope Club of the season for the special study 

 of Funguses took place at Hereford, on Friday, and was very well attended. 

 Fungus-hunting and ijheasant-shooting interfered somewhat with each other' 

 but on this occasion it might not be otherwise. 



The last meeting of the Club has now become an important one, for by 

 an alteration in the rules, which came this year for the first time into operation, 

 the officers for the ensuing year have to be elected, in addition to the usual 

 business of the concluding meeting, 



A little after nine o'clock the members began to arrive, bringing with them 

 baskets of Funguses to learn their names and characters for their own satisfaction, 

 and to exhibit them for general information. "Whilst they were being arranged 

 upon the tables, the President opened the business of the meeting. The names 

 of several gentlemen were proposed as new members ; and then the following 

 gentlemen were elected unanimously as office hearers for the year 1870 : — 



PRESIDENT : 



The Kev. HENKY COOPBE KEY, M.A., Stretton Rectory, Hereford. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS : 



The Kev. W. C. FOWLE, M.A., Brinsop Rectory, Hereford. 

 The Rev. ARTHUR GRAY, M.A., Orcop, Ross. 

 JAMES RANKIN, Esq., M.A., Bryngwyn, Hereford. 

 ELM£S Y. SXiiELE, Esq., Abergavenny. 



